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 Focus
on the Liturgy
There are always four Sundays in Advent, though not necessarily
four full weeks. The liturgical color of the season is violet or purple,
except on the Third Sunday of Advent, called Gaudete or Rejoice
Sunday, when optional rose vestments may be worn. The Gloria is not recited
during Advent liturgies, but the Alleluia is retained.
The prophesies of Isaiah are read often during the Advent
season, but all of the readings of Advent focus on the key figures of
the Old and New Testaments who were prepared and chosen by God to make
the Incarnation possible: the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist,
St. Joseph, Sts. Elizabeth and Zechariah. The expectancy heightens from
December 17 to December 24 when the Liturgy resounds with the seven magnificent
Messianic titles of the O Antiphons.
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